Unmanned Systems News & Articles

The latest unmanned systems news for UAV, UAS, UGV, USV, UUV, drones and robotics. Articles on product launches and technological advances in unmanned and autonomous design, research and manufacture.

US Navy Develop Underwater Wireless Charging for UUVs

The Navy is developing ways to recharge underwater unmanned vehicles (UUVs) using undersea wireless technology. The Navy uses UUVs for...

Aug 25, 2015
U.S. Army Upgrades AeroVironment RQ-11B Raven UAS

The U.S. Army confirmed last week that selected units had received an upgrade to their RQ-11B Raven UAS, to include...

Aug 25, 2015
Mitsui Chemicals POLYMETAC to be Used in New Lightweight UAV Frames

Mitsui Chemicals Inc. has announced that the company’s unique metal resin integral technology, POLYMETAC, has been selected for use in...

Aug 24, 2015
Drone Aviation WASP Aerostat Completes DoD Enterprise Challenge

Drone Aviation Holding Corp. (DAC), a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that its U.S. Army-owned WASP...

Aug 24, 2015
Bal Seal Introduces Aerospace Gimbal Seal Test Service

A new test service introduced by Bal Seal Engineering, Inc. offers OEMs verified performance results for Bal Seal spring-energized rotary/face...

Aug 24, 2015
ASVs C-Enduro Deployed to Investigate Welsh Seas

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has begun the latest in a series of ambitious marine robotic vehicle trials off the...

Aug 24, 2015
Unmanned Systems Source Expands Product Portfolio

The product offering at Unmanned Systems Source continues to expand thanks to recent distribution partnerships with key businesses within the...

Aug 24, 2015
MSU, Resonon and Impulse Accelerated Technologies Awarded Funding for Machine Vision Research

The State of Montana has announced that it has awarded research grants to Montana State University, Resonon and Impulse Accelerated...

Aug 21, 2015
ODU Announces Easy-Clean Connectors for Mission-Critical Military Applications

ODU, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance connector solutions and cable assemblies, has announced the release of its new AMC...

Aug 21, 2015
ASI Recognised on Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI), a leader in ground vehicle automation, has been awarded a spot on Inc. magazine’s 34th annual...

Aug 21, 2015
U.S. Navy Orders iRobot’s 110 FirstLook Robots for Future Missions

iRobot Corp. a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $4 million order for the U.S. Navy for...

Aug 21, 2015
AeroVironment’s RQ-11B Raven UAS to be used by Spanish MOD

AeroVironment, Inc. has received a contract from the United States Army totaling $3.4 million for RQ-11B Raven® unmanned aircraft systems...

Aug 21, 2015
Remote GeoSystems Adds DJI Inspire 1 UAV Support to LineVision Recording Software

Remote GeoSystems, Inc., a developer of Geospatial Full Motion Video (FMV) recording solutions, has announced that it has added direct...

Aug 20, 2015
Time Domain Announces PulsON 440 Ranging and Radar Module

Time Domain, a developer of ultra wideband (UWB) products, has announced the release of the PulsON® 440 (P440) UWB module,...

Aug 20, 2015
RE2 to Develop Robotic Arms for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

RE2, Inc., a developer of mobile manipulation systems, has announced that the company has been awarded a $2.7 Million contract...

Aug 20, 2015
Aero Kinetics and GridMeNow to Develop On-Demand UAS Technology

Aero Kinetics, an aerospace and defense firm, has announced a partnership with GridMeNow, a developer of a mobile platform that...

Aug 20, 2015
TerraSond completes first NOAA U.S. Charting Survey using ASV

The first use of an Autonomous Surface Vehicle (ASV) to perform bathymetry for updating the U.S. nautical charts for NOAA...

Aug 19, 2015
National Science Foundation Awards $6 Million Grant for Meteorological UAVs

The University of Kentucky has announced that, along with Oklahoma State University, University of Oklahoma, and University of Nebraska, it...

Aug 19, 2015
Fairview Microwave Announces New Family of Coaxial High Power Limiters

Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of microwave and radio frequency (RF) components, has announced the release of a new family...

Aug 19, 2015
RQ-4 Global Hawk Demonstrates Advanced Mission Management & Control Capabilities

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated mission management control features that create more unmanned aircraft system (UAS) versatility and efficiencies....

Aug 18, 2015
EC-SAFEMOBIL Project Achieves First Tethered UAV Landing on Mobile Platform

The Centre for Advanced Aerospace Technologies (FADA-CATEC) has announced that its EC-SAFEMOBIL project has achieved the first tethered landing of...

Aug 17, 2015
American University of Sharjah Conducts First Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered UAV Flight in UAE

The American University of Sharjah (AUS) has announced that a team of researchers from its Department of Mechanical Engineering has...

Aug 17, 2015
Pasternack Introduces New Bi-Directional Amplifiers for Unmanned Systems

Pasternack, a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, has launched a new line of bi-directional amplifiers...

Aug 17, 2015
UST Magazine Issue 4 Now Available for Pre-Order

Publishing this September, issue 004 of Unmanned Systems Technology magazine is available to pre-order now. Major articles include a cover...

Aug 17, 2015
Rotron Power Receives Research Grant for Improved UAV Engines

Rotron Power Ltd, a manufacturer of rotary-powered propulsion systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has announced that it has received...

Aug 14, 2015
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